危机应对：理解中国城市化与规划的第三种视角

Crisis Response: The Third Perspective to Understand China’s Urbanization and Planning

理解中国城市的变化,需要将其置放在后发的民族国家与全球关系的格局、中国城乡社会演变,以及更长时段的历史脉络中来观察。文章先简要回顾和论述约翰·弗里德曼的《中国的城市变迁》、黄鹭新等的《中国城市规划三十年(1978-2008)纵览》,再提出"竞争与危机"作为理解中国城市变化的一种方法,解释历史过程中的路径选择。认为当代中国的社会日渐进入资本过度积累的社会,规划需要从之前的计划型范式、生产型范式,转变为以空间为手段的更具有能动性的、结合其他学科共同应对和处理复杂多变的城乡社会问题的新范式。规划的理论与实践创新就在这一转变的过程中。

It is necessary to examine China’s urban transition within the context of the changing and dynamic relationships between the developing nation states and the globe, China’s urban and rural evolution through a long historical period.China’s Urban Transition by John Friedmann and Reviewing China’s Three Decades of Urban Planning by Huang Luxin et al.are critically reviewed and discussed. It is argued and explained carefully that it is a critical method through analyzing the economic competition and crisis to understand the development of Chinese cities and their paths. It is also argued that China is now transforming into an over-accumulation society, which will clearly lead to a new planning paradigm.The theoretical and practical innovations are initiative measures to deal with the crisis through the transition process.